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, 1887-12-24
DON'T BE RASH.

The Laramie Boomerang published
last evening a long editorial article highly
commencing the action of Judge Maginnis
in the recently tried stock cases. Thurs
days verdict 1t considers a signal victory for
Judge Maginnis, for Justice aud the law
abiding people of Wyoming territory.
1T only remains now" it says, "for
the tenth legislative assembly to repeal
the infamous laws under which the Stock
Association at present operates, and put
that corporation on n basis with others of
a parallel nature. The law under which
stock inspectors are paid out of the
county treasures, should be repealed
without delay and another one enacted
prohibiting the employment of detectives
in any way, shape or FORM
While The LEADER has strongly ex-
pressed itself in favor of the notifications
of some existing laws and the abrogation
of others. still-it would at this time sug-
gcst that it is possible to run to unreason-
able extremitics. The people are usually
very slow to begin reforms, but once
started they are apt to make them en-
tircly too sweeping in their character.
Smarting under what they consider
tyrannical impositions. they are disposed
when the opportunity comes to literally
shackle their oppressors. We do not be
leve the various counties should be forced
to pay for stock inspectors who work only
for the interests of a particular class of
the taxpayers, and we do believe the
Office of territorial veterinarian should be
abolished an IN eXtravagant and altogether
unwarranted drain on the people. But
when it comes down TO n question of pass
Ing a law which will prohibit the employ
ment of detectives by the stock associa-
lion, with all due Difference to our
intelligent and esteemed contemporary, we
think this is going entirely too far. If
the stock association is willing TO pay the
wages of detectives or any other class of
public to object? 1t appears to us to be
entirely the association own funeral.
If new laws are passed and old laws re
pealed or modified the desire should be to
do the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der. Neither the newspapers nor legisla-
tors should be unreasonable or blinded by
preiudices. Let the various questions be
discussed calmly and intelligently and
then, should action follow after due DELHI
Grafton, we may hope for substantial and
far reaching benefits.
, 1887-12-24
INFANTILE
SKIN DISEASES.

Ourloldest child, now six years OF age, when
al infant six months old was attacked with u
y%irulent, malignant skin disease. All ordinary
remedies failing, we called our family physician,
who attempted to cure II bnt 1t spread with
almost Incredible %rapidity, until the lower por-
Of his back down to his knees, was one solid
rash. ugly, painful, blOtchCd. and malicious. We
had no rest ut night, no peace by day. Finally
we were advised to try the CUTICURA RENE
DIES. The effect was simply marvellous. In
three or four weeks u complete cure was
wrought, leaving the little fellows person as
white and healthy as though he had never been
attacked. In my opinion your valuable remedies
saved his life, and to-day he is "A strong, healthy
child, perfectly well no repetition Of the disease
having ever occurred.
GEO. II. SMITH,
Atty at Law and Ex-Pros Atty, Ashland. o.
REFERENCE JIG. Weist, Druggist, Ashland. %.
, 1887-12-24
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN

Are born into the world every day with some &C.
zematous affection such as milk crust, scall
head, scurf, or u%andruti, sure to develop into an
agoniZtng eczema, the itching, burning, and dis
fguration OF which make life n prolonged tor
ture unless properly treated.
A warm bath With CUTICURA SOAP, an eX-
quisite skin Beautiiler. and "a single application
OF CUTICuRA. the Great skin Cure. with a little
CuTICURA R~EsoLvENT. the New Blood Puri-
her, are often sufficient 10 arrest the progress Of
the disease, and point to n speedy and perma-
nent cure.
Hence, no mother who loves her children, who
take pride in their beauty ,Irurity, and health
and In bcStowIng upon them a child's greatest
inheritance, "A skin without a blemlsh, anu II
body nourishcd by pure blOOd,-shouId fail to
make trial of the CurICuRA REMEDIES,
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pc Resolvent, 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Co, Boston, Mass.
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, 1887-12-24
Equally Absurd.


1t is about as fair to accuse the man
who desires an intelligent and judicious
revision of the tariff of being a free
trader as the mar who burns the rubbish
in his back yard of being an incendiary.
, 1887-12-24
Our Specially

Is Plush Cloaks, and we can sell you a
good one for p per cent. less than any one
in Colorado.
Do you want a Scalskin? We have the
largest line in Denver, and If you want to
know how it is that we can sell them
cheaper than anyone in Colorado, read
our Catalogue, it will tell YOU.
, 1887-12-24
Journalism In Georgia.

We are prepared TO take 'possums or
anything else eatablo or consumable in
exchange for our valuable paper.
, 1887-12-24
Too Much Mental Application.

\ Wesleyan student went crazy Will
watching the college eleven play a prac-
ticc game, and of course they say he lost
his mind from over study. The close
mental application devoted to football in
institutions should be discouraged.
, 1887-12-24

Advertisement in the Macon lGaJ Telegraph !
Announcement; The marriage announce
mcnt for this afternoon ut Christ church
OF Mr.. Asher Ayrcs and Miss Louise Con
ner has been unavoidably postponed by
, 1887-12-24

When a woman is first married she de
sires to be called Madam" Some years
later she feels tremendously complimCnted
by being called M :ss."
, 1887-12-24
PITH in


Is it the indication of the d~ccadcnce of
anglomania in New York that the Tweed
suits have been dropped2
, 1887-12-24

reason OF the fact that Mr.. Ayrcs is de-
tanned as a juror in an important case row
pending in the supreme court.
, 1887-12-24
ChNdren's ciOHkS at e.C-
treneIy LOaU prices. flyers

A new lot of fine caps Just received
Make your boy a Christmas present.
G~reentree.
, 1887-12-24
The Cheapest Dry Goods
House on Earth.

The largest and cheapest Cloak house
west Of New Jersey, and now that it has
been made eaiser tie get your goods to you,
we are going to make it easier for you to
get the goods. THE GOLDEN EAGLE
is always right up to the scratch. We
have read OF people advertising that they
struck Bedrock, and we have sometimes
thought SO for a while, but we never
struck a rock that we did not break
through and get under-we never get
prices SO low that We can't get them lower
by Blu ing in larger quantities, paying
promptly and working harder.
We are now selling Cloaks at prices
that you never heard of. The beauty of
our business is that we know it all over
and all through. and
, 1887-12-24

RARV'S Skin and Scalp preserved and beau
Dho1 titled by CUTICURA MEDIuArED
, 1887-12-24
On Our Dry Goods Counters

We are showing out new and rare bar
gains each week. We save you money ON
every purchase, but we can't save you as
much on Sc. gingham as on a cloak that
some one else would charge you $1,000
more for than we do.
Mail orders promptly and carefully
filled. We strive in every way to make
your purchase lust as satisfactory as if
you were here.
q. o. ID.
We send goods to all parts of the State
G. o. D. with the privilege OF examining
and fitting before taking out of the office
you see Just what you are getting. Try
it, if you want a Cloak or suit of some Of
our Silks, Velvets, Dress Goods, Blankets,
Comforts, etc. 1t works like a charm.
You can't afford to be without our cata
logue; it costs you nothing and we mail it
free on application. 1t would be well for
you to remember that you can save many
Dollars each year by reading our "Ad."
each Sunday; you will always find it on
the Sth page of the Sunday NeioS or Re
publican, and will keep you posted. The
, 1887-12-24

Courtesy of Hyo. Al
, 1887-12-24
WILL BE REDUCED

The opening OF the new railroads
throughout the State gives promise of re-
duced Express rates and increased postage
facilities, thus making it much more cen
venient and less expensive for you to buy
goods of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31
THE LUXURY OF WOE.

The semi-sarcastic remark about
the man who "enjoys poor health, "
can be applied with direct truth 10 a
large majority Of people who really
luxuriate in woe.
To remove the offending cause 30
some persons complaints is 10 debar
them from a never-failing source 81
inward Utilization, their sweet privi-
lege Of woe. Ii is much easier 60
sink back among the cushions and
say, "Oh, ] can't get up" than 20
make a bold plunge and wrestle with
the soldiers of fortune that fight for
the day.
II is much more difficult for most
people TO say 81 can and will' than
TO say 81 can't and won't try"
Once give up 20 it and this demon
negative dominates the unfortunate
subject. To the mental opium eater
it is only at first that the taste is bit
ter TO the mouth. Soon the words
become a fixed habit, and, like all
habits and parasites, they become
the owners Of that upon which they
creep.
John Locke says that even the sur
prise Of hearing sad news il pleasant,
because all surprises are pleasant.
Now, some people do not need Mr..
Locke's reasons % cause them de-
ductions Of pleasure from sad news.
They revel in gloom and wrap them
selves in the sables Of despair. Ham
let, the most read, most celebrated
and the most studied of Shake
speare's plays, shows man who
nursed his SORROWS, and, wrapping
his body ia sables, glowered and
gloomed, telling his woes 70 every
mon who had ears until he died.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31
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entire world OF thought OF scientific investigation,
archaeological research, critical note. Of oetry ana
romance 1t has never been bright, compre-
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page- one learns hat the world = thIngiug about
II ! education IL Itself a. wei a. an entertain
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'.It contains nearly AL the good literature Of the
time There ls nothing noteworthy IL science art,
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be found ID II ! library in itself The
Churchmau, New York
at may be truthfu.Iy and cordially said that II
never offers . dry or yalueless page-"-New York
.. Searlv the whole world Of authors and writers
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Boston journal
Through il pages alone, il i possible 10 be a
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31

Honors come by diligence; riches
spring from economy.
Truth, like the sunbeam, can not
be soiled by any outward touch.
An honest employment is the best
inheritance that can fall to any one.
The earnestness Of life is the only
passport 10 the satisfaction of life.
BY examining the tongue Of the
patient physicians find out the dis
eases of the mind.
The heart of man is larger than
that of a woman, hut il does not do
its work SO we'll.
Human things must be known ia
order To be loved; divine things low
ed in order to he known.
DO not spoil to-day by thinking Of
tomorrow. or mar your breakfast hy
speculating on what you will have for
dinner.
1t is a strange desire 10 seek pow
er and to lose liberty; or TO seek
power over others, and lose power
over a mans self.
Temperance and labor are the two
best physicians Of man; labor sharp
ems the appetite, and temperance pre-
vents him from excess.
We instinctively applaud the cour-
age of self-assertion we should hon
or with a still higher approval the
courage of self-restraint.
DO something,-do il now, with
all thy might. An angels wings
would droop if long at rest, and God
himself inactive were no longer blest.
The whole duty Of man is embrac-
ed in the two principles Of abstinence
and patience; temperance in pros
perity and courage in adversely.
Love is like painter, who, in
drawing the portrait of a friend hav-
ing blemish in one eye, would pic
ture the other side of his face.
Setting out on thy souls pilgrim
age, unite to thyself what hearts thou
canst. Know well that a hundred
holy temples Of Mecca have not the
value of heart.
Don't talk Of what YOU have none,
but think Of what you will do. II
you are going to make a long journey
in life you can't afford to bee going
back every day to see how far YOU
have got.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31
"John Phenix's" Little Joke.

When jefferson Davis was Secre-
tary of War under Pierce, he sent a
circular letter to many army officers,
inviting them to furnish suggestions
for change of uniform and equip
ment. One of these invitations was
sent to Lieut.. George III. Derby,
(''John Phenix"), good draughts-
man, and an irrepressible wag, who
sent in response a proposition for
having a two-inch iron ring appended
by piece of strong leather 70 the
seat of every enlisted mans trowsers.
Long and formal specifications dem
onstrated the utility of this ring. Each
officer was to carry, instead Of a
sword, long white-ash pole, with
hook in one end. BY hooking into
the ring of a private, he could be
kept in line of battle if he was dis
posed to hang back, or caught if he
attempted to run away. The ring
would also be useful in artillery ser
vice for draft purposes; and in the
cavalry, men could be locked to other
rings in their saddles 10 keep them
from falling off. The illustrations
which accompanied the specifications
represented officers catching infantry
stragglers an forcing them into the
ranks, dragons padlocked in their
saddles, and artillerymen with cannon
prolongs hitched to their rings, haul
ing huge pieces of artillery up steep
heights.
1t was very funny, and the clerks
Of the War Department enjoyed
some hearty laughs over it bat when
it reached the Secretary, he became
indignant, and regarded il as an in
suit. He ordered charges and speci-
fications To be drawn up, and a court
martial organized 10 convict, Of
course) was actually ordered, when
it came 70 the ears Of Ex-Governor
Marcy, then Secretary Of State, who
was leyel-headed, and who advised
Davis to let the matter drop.
He might have convicted Derby
and dismissed him from the service.
but he would have been laughed az
from one end Of the country 10 the
other. Davis took the advice. aud
Derby's suggestions" arc stili 80 BE-
found on the tiies Of the War De- I
partnent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31
HE Is MANLY

So said man Of a youth who had
refused 70 fight a bully, and had been
called "a coward" and nothing bat
girl by others. The man was
right the youth, though only a.
years old, small for his age, had more
real manliness Ia him than half q
dozen men like the bully. The boy
would not swear, he would not drink.
did not even know how 10 smoke
cigar, and he loved 10 be- ia the sOci-
ETY. Of his sisters; yet be had all the
qualities Of a man except age aud
size. All there was in the bully that
made him resemble man was biz
size. There came time when, az
the hoys were skating az school on
Ice weakened by warm weather, one
Of them broke in aud came near
drowning, While the bully stood by
and whimpered that the poor fellow
wOnld drown unless somebody saved
him. the small boy got plank. shoy-
ed il ont on the weak ice creeping
along on il to the drowning bOy and
pulled him out II the water lie
showed himself man when true
maDliness was needed, and the bully
showed himself a coward. Fighting
does not prove manliness. DOgs
fight, - do other animals aly they
manly because they aghtf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31

Young hopeful (on seeing a negro baby
for the first time). Mamma, is that a
spoiled child?"
An exchange says, 1.-The baby carriage
must go" There wouldn't be much sale
for it if it didn't.
The small boy learning the alphabet is
very much like postage stamp,-he Of
ten gets stuck on a letter
Young Housewife: ''What miserable
little eggs again. You really must tell
little longer"
Teacher-Correct the sentence, ''Chi-
cago lays at the side of Lake Michigan.
Grammar class-Lake Michigan lays at
the side of Chicago.
Employer-Don't you see what's on the
door? Pat-A bit of paper, sur. Employ
er-It says, Please shut the door" Pat
-Fait, didn't hear it, sur
a child is enjoying her first visit to
Charlotte, and has never before seen a
steamboat. 80, mamma" she cries, 'ssee
therel The locomotives are in swim
ming!"
a Hibernian gentleman, when told by
his nephew that he had just entered col
lege with view to the church, said, 81
hope that 1 may live to hear you preach
my funeral sermon"
She (emphatically) ''How kind of ma
ture to bestow on the blind the faculty of
distinguishing colors by the sense of
touch!" He (philosophically) Yes ;
but it's not altogether confined to the
sightless. In this hard world, a fellow
needn't be blind to feel blue
Sam Jones has just tried an interesting
experiment. He preached a sermon with
out word of slang in it, and it proved
to be fat failure. The sinners who
came to hear him were very much dis
appointed, and declared that he was loft
his nut
Said Conductor Miles Ryan yesterday ::
4 had about l24 of those religious peo-
pie on my train yesterday coming to the
American Board meeting, and though
observed closely, not one of them went
near the smoking car. 1 guess they do
not mix their religion with tobacco, which
L consider great and wise scheme"
The small Cambridge boy discourses
on the Goldfish and the Goat: "a Goldfish
is the only Annymal that amt got no
neck, there amt but one kind of fish in
the World that lives on the land and
and Flys round in the air, and that is a
rish hawk. A Goldfish has large mouth
and my schoo! Teachers got a large
mouth too. Two kids got fietin in the
vestry one day and one of EN- pulled quite
lot of Hare out of the other kids He'd
and the experimenting pounded one of
his Eers with book and so they quit. A
dsh would look funny if they had legs
and could run"
A lady residing in Middletown. n. Y,
says a paper Of that place, the mother of
d bright little boy, who was talking to
him the other night, just as she was put
ting him 20 bed, about the efficacy of
prayer, and told him that if he would ask
God for anything that he particularly de-
sired she had no doubt his request would
be granted. The little fellow knelt at
his mothers knee and prayed God to send
him fifty little sisters and one hundred
little brothers. The prayer was never
flushed, for the mother, aghast at the
prospect Of having her house turned into
an orphan asylum, lifted the boy to his
feet and tucked him into bed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31

And Thomas had said: II shall
have to sell the old mare, for she
eats her head off every winter. Fa-
ther don't drive her more than once a
week in the winter, and in the sum-
mer she can't work much"
Then Mary had proposed that
stove should be put up in a room up
stairs in chamber for him, and the
fireplace, by which the old man had
sat for over sixty years, should be
closed up excepting when she was
i'll. and needed it for her own or her
children's comfort.
But they held their peace and bade
their father goodnight, with
thanks for his kindness. The next
day brought a snow-storm, and on
the next the winds had piled up the
snow into such deep drifts that Mr..
Harrison could not 90 to the village
and attend to executing the deed,
but there had been much conversa-
ton in the family concerning the farm
and its arrangements, some of which
he had not enjoyed at all. Changes
were to be made in various ways, and
a forest, which the old man had seen
grow up since his boyhood, was
doomed to the axe. This announce
ment drew from the father a protest,
and he said =
Il cannot see those trees hewed
down, Tom; let them stand till / am
gone, and you will be the gamer in
the amount of timber"
But, no, Thomas had decided that
they must fall, and fall they should.
Next morning he said :
Father, l could sell the old mare
for $50. Mr.. Parker will buy her,
and she only eats her head off now.
So l told him he might have her to
draw his wood this winter"
''Never while live," said the IA
ther, angrily; and he went into his
own room and closed the door, and
unused sadly upon the advice his law
yer had given him. Did he know hu-
man nature better now? His son and
daughter were talking together and
his attention was soon drawn to them
by hearing his own name-so he lis
tened more closely and learned their
intentions concerning his bedroom
and the open fireplace, etc. Again
he unused upon the knowledge he was
gaining. But when his son had left
the room he joined him in the stables
and said, Il will take the old mare to
the village and will tell my old friend
that l know the nature of four-legged
animals better than he-but he is my
master concerning the two-legged."
"Why, father what do you meanS -
cried Tom.
"Mean 2" echoed the old man.
"Mean? / mean to hold the balance
of power while l live, and not give
up my possessions until the Lord
commands me to lay them down. I'll
give you two-thirds of the profits of
the farm, but it belongs to me,-the
fields and f1ocks and forests, and
my old bedroom and fireplace are
mine while | live. And unless you
and Mary treat me as like to be
treated / shall will half of it TO my
daughter and the other half to Tom
and Maria. Fathers must not give
up the reins until they drop from
their hands,"